Luke McGook, the fast horse with the funny name, provided for a mild upset while capturing the $71,134 Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, highlighting the rich $280,000-plus Pine Tree State-bred sophomore finals at Bangor on Oct. 14
Two $15,000-plus divisions of Pine Tree State-sired sophomore pacers highlighted the Friday, Sept. 29 program at Cumberland Fair, with the speedy side-steppers performing in their penultimate legs of the rich Maine Sire Stakes.
With the Maine Sire Stakes rolling full steam ahead at Windsor Fair, the Monday, Aug. 28 pari-mutuel card was previewed with two $14,000-plus divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies, both of which being captured by Monday’s ‘King of the Fair’ Kevin Switzer Jr.
Four $14,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for two- and three-year-old pacing fillies went postward on Friday (July 14) at Bangor, with three of the distaffs taking new lifetime records over the hot and fast Bass Park surface.
Pickmepickme handily took a new lifetime mark of 1:56.2 winning her $14,684 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies at Bangor on Sunday, June 25).